Euronews opens Moscow office

Ten years after launching its Russian edition, Euronews, which continues its strategy as an international information hub, opens its office in Moscow and appoints Alexander Shashkov as correspondent.

Continuing the dynamic of expanding its coverage of key areas of the planet and following the offices in Brussels, London, Doha, Cairo and Paris, Euronews has announced the opening of a new office in Moscow. The chain plans new openings in the coming weeks.

Euronews' strategy in Russia is built around a double mission: on the one hand, with the reinforcement of its information service at the center of Russian news in a particularly busy year: on the other hand, with the enrichment of unpublished editorial content, dedicated to the challenges of the largest country on the planet and its 143 million inhabitants.

Following these objectives, Lucian Sârb, Euronews Editorial Director, has entrusted the opening of the Moscow office to experienced journalist Alexander Shashkov. In a context of imminent presidential elections, in March 2012, the correspondent will have the mission of being as close as possible to current Russian political and economic events and, more especially, to topics that have an impact on international news.

Shashkov

Alexander Shashkov, trilingual journalist (Russian, English, French), born in Moscow in 1957, began his career in 1982 at Gostelradio (state radio and television company of the former Soviet Union) in the French-language information service, and then for the international department, where he was a special envoy. In 1991 he participated in the creation of RTR, the Russian national radio and television. In 1994 he joined the NTV network, one of the first private networks in Russia, acquired in 2001 by Gazprom.

In 2003 he joined Euronews as a journalist for the network's Russian edition. Alexander is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow University